Intro
- πΈ All software listed here are either free or low-cost
- π₯ Some of the items are OS Agnostic, others are not
- π All of them I've been using for at least a few months
- π₯ I try and avoid vendor lock-in where it is realistic
- π Hopefully you'll like them too
- π
Yes, the list gets "lazier" as it goes on
- π― Important stuff at the top
- π― eGet is your friend
- π debGet is nice too
- π© Stuff I really like is flagged
Also feel free to check out π https://stackshare.io/jelloeater
Changes
Install Stew π² (Recommended)
https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew/releases
Install eget https://github.com/zyedidia/eget
curl https://zyedidia.github.io/eget.sh | sh
Install deb-get https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get
sudo apt install curl lsb-release wget
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/main/deb-get | sudo -E bash -s install deb-get
π§ OS Agnostic Apps
Category | Name | URL | |
---|---|---|---|
π Browser | Waterfox π¦ | https://www.waterfox.net | |
π§ Email | Thunderbird π¦ | https://www.thunderbird.net | |
π° RSS Reader | π© Inoreader | https://inoreader.com | |
π’ Podcasts | Podurama | https://podurama.com | |
π€ AI / LLM | π© Perplexity | https://www.perplexity.ai | |
π½ Terminal | π© Wezterm | https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm | |
π Binary Package (Homebrew) | π© Stew | https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew | |
π Safer RM/del | π© gTrash | https://github.com/umlx5h/gtrash | |
π‘ Remote Desktop | NoMachine | https://www.nomachine.com/ | |
π Diary | Diaro | https://diaroapp.com | |
π Read-It-Later | Instapaper | https://instapaper.com | |
π Notebook | π© Obsidian | https://obsidian.md | |
π§ Scratchpad | Heynote | https://github.com/heyman/heynote | |
π To-Do List | From-Scratch | https://github.com/Kilian/fromscratch | |
π Stock Charting | TradingView | https://www.tradingview.com | |
πͺ Crypto Wallet | Coinbase Wallet | https://www.coinbase.com/wallet | |
π Post-It-Later | Buffer | https://buffer.com/ | |
π« Local File Transfer | π© LocalSend | https://localsend.org | |
π€― Push Notifications | Ntfy | https://ntfy.sh/ | |
πͺ± Remote File Transfer | Magic Wormhole | https://wormhole.app/ | |
πΎ File Sync | SyncThing | https://syncthing.net | |
π Shell | OMZSH | https://ohmyz.sh | |
π’ Shell History | Atuin | https://atuin.sh | |
πͺ Shell Theme | p10k | https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k | |
π€ΉββοΈ Multiplexer (tmux) | Byobu | https://www.byobu.org/ | |
π Find Replace | π© fd | https://github.com/sharkdp/fd | |
π§ VPN Overlay | ZeroTier | https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne | |
π Dot Files | YADM | https://yadm.io | |
π¬ Matrix Chat | Nheko | https://nheko-reborn.github.io | |
π Password Vault | π© KeepassXC | https://keepassxc.org | |
π Password Sharing | BitWarden | https://bitwarden.com | |
πͺ Virtualization | VMWare Workstation | https://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-hypervisor | |
π Private Browsing | LibreWolf | https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/linux | |
π¨ Multi Chat | Ferdium | https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app | |
β Weather | wttr.in | https://github.com/aandrew-me | |
π€ GPT/LLM CLI | tgpt | https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt | |
β Calculator | π© speedcrunch | https://heldercorreia.bitbucket.io/speedcrunch/ | |
β Calculator (alt) | qalculate | https://qalculate.github.io |
π€ Dev Tools
Category | Name | URL | |
---|---|---|---|
π IDE | π© PyCharm | https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm | |
π§° Editor | VS Code | https://code.visualstudio.com | |
πͺ CLI Editor | Micro | https://micro-editor.github.io | |
βοΈ Markdown Ed. | MarkText | https://www.marktext.cc | |
π΄ Git TUI | π© LazyGit | https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit | |
πΆ Dig | doggo | https://github.com/mr-karan/doggo | |
πΈ Trace Alternative | ASN | https://github.com/nitefood/asn | |
π Cat | BatCat | https://github.com/sharkdp/bat | |
π¦ Packet Capture | TermShark | https://github.com/gcla/termshark | |
π Log Viewer (tail replacment) | Lnav | https://github.com/tstack/lnav | |
π₯§ HTTP Check | HTTPie | https://httpie.io | |
β° CURL | Curlie | https://curlie.io | |
π API Test (Post Man) | Bruno | https://www.usebruno.com | |
π FOSS Editor | VSCodium | https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium | |
π Grep | Rip-Grep-All | https://itsfoss.com/ripgrep-all | |
πΎ Disk Usage (ncdu) | gdu | https://github.com/dundee/gdu | |
π LS Replacement | eza | https://the.exa.website | |
π₯΅ System Monitor | π© btop | https://github.com/aristocratos/btop | |
π§ System Overview | glances | https://github.com/nicolargo/glances | |
π Git Diff | Delta | https://github.com/dandavison/delta | |
π Git Changelog Gen | git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff | |
π GitHub Actions | GAMA | https://github.com/termkit/gama | |
π Task Runner (YAML) | GoTask | https://github.com/go-task/task | |
π Task Runner (Python) | GoTask | https://www.pyinvoke.org/ | |
ποΈ Editor Settings | EditorConfig | https://github.com/editorconfig | |
π Secret Scanning | Tartufo | https://github.com/godaddy/tartufo/ | |
γ Secret Encryption (Easy Mode πΆ) | Git-Secret | https://sobolevn.me/git-secret/ | |
γ Secret Encryption (Hard Mode π’) | SOPS | https://github.com/getsops/sops | |
π Network Uptime | HetrixTools | https://hetrixtools.com | |
π Remote Health Monitoring | NetData | https://www.netdata.cloud | |
ποΈ Local Network Monitoring | PRTG | https://www.paessler.com/prtg |
π Frameworks
Category | Name | Language | URL |
---|---|---|---|
Static Sites | hugo π© | Go | https://gohugo.io/ |
API Server | FastAPI | Python | https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/ |
π§ Linux
Category | Name | URL |
---|---|---|
OS | Ubuntu | https://ubuntu.com |
DE | MATE | https://mate-desktop.org |
Drop Down Terminal | Guake | http://guake.org |
Scratch Pad | π© Boop | https://github.com/zoeyfyi/Boop-GTK |
App Launcher | π© uLauncher | https://ulauncher.io |
Clipboard Manager | CopyQ | https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ |
Screen Shot | Flameshot | https://flameshot.org |
TimeZone Clock | MATE Menu Bar | date +’%H:%M U’ -u |
TimeZone Calculator | TZ | https://github.com/oz/tz |
π OSX
Category | Name | URL |
---|---|---|
Drop Down Terminal | iTerm2 | https://iterm2.com |
App Launcher | π© Raycast | https://www.raycast.com |
Scratch Pad | π© Boop | https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop |
Window Snapping | Rectangle | https://rectangleapp.com |
Meeting Reminder | MeetingBar | https://meetingbar.app |
Clipboard Manager | Maccy | https://maccy.app |
Screen Shot | Shottr | https://shottr.cc |
Time Zone Clock | Clocker | https://github.com/n0shake/clocker |
RDP Client | Royal TS | https://royalapps.com/ts/mac/features |
Alt-Tab | Alt-Tab-OSX | https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app |
Re-map Keys | Karabiner | https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org |
Mouse Acceleration | LinearMouse | https://github.com/linearmouse/linearmouse |
β WearOS
Category | Name | URL |
---|---|---|
Watch Face | π© Sectograph Day & Time planner | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=prox.lab.calclock |
Business Card | Biz-Card | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sasyabook.businesscardapp |
QR Codes | MyQR | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rayadams.myqr |
Reward Cards | StoCard | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stocard.stocard |
World Clock | World Clock Tile | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gay.depau.worldclocktile |
Sleep Tracking | Sleep as Android | https://sleep.urbandroid.org |
Heart Rate Monitor | Heart Rate Plus | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dungelin.heartrate |
Workout Tracker | GymRun | https://www.gymrun.app/ |
π€ Android
π€ Android Root
Category | Name | URL |
---|---|---|
Sudo | Magisk | https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk |
Cleaner | SD Maid | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm |
Backup | SwiftBackup | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup |
Battery Saver | Buoy | https://github.com/tytydraco/Buoy |
Doze | Naptime | https://naptime.en.uptodown.com/android |